The Annie C. Stewart fountain at Vilas Park has been a neighborhood fixture for nearly a century. But Wisconsin winters have taken their toll, and the structure has slowly dilapidated. […]
Whose Streets?
Since the protests for racial justice began in Madison in late May, State Street has become a contested site of activism, art, and local businesses struggling to make ends meet […]
Discussing the Women Artists Forward Fund’s Forward Art Prize on...
The mission of the Women Artists Forward Fund is to address gender disparity issues that exist for women artists, by providing them with financial resources to strengthen their work, along […]
New city mural program creates opportunities for artists
Up and down State Street, and throughout downtown, artists and creators have used plywood boards covering storefronts as canvases for their work. The boards were erected after widespread vandalism and […]
When “public art” overlaps with “street art”
Karin Wolf, who oversees the City of Madison’s arts grant programs as an arts administrator, wrote in the latest issue of Our Lives Magazine about the tension between rigid city […]
An Obelisk For Mildred Fish-Harnack
An obelisk recently installed on the shore of Marshall Park honors the life of Wisconsin native Mildred Fish-Harnack. The sculpture is located at the site where Harnack, a part of […]
